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Other Intangible Assets | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS Other Intangible Assets The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of other intangible assets by major class are as follows:
(In millions) | March 31, 2019 | December 31, 2018
| Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net
Intangible assets subject to amortization (Definite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer-related | $ | 9,310 |  | $ | (884 | ) | $ | 8,426 |  | $ | 9,325 |  | $ | (744 | ) | $ | 8,581 |
Developed technology 1 | 4,926 |  | (735 | ) | 4,191 |  | 4,506 |  | (628 | ) | 3,878 |
Trademarks/trade names | 1,083 |  | (135 | ) | 948 |  | 1,084 |  | (114 | ) | 970 |
Favorable supply contracts | 493 |  | (136 | ) | 357 |  | 475 |  | (111 | ) | 364 |
Microbial cell factories | 384 |  | (26 | ) | 358 |  | 386 |  | (22 | ) | 364 |
Other 2 | 376 |  | (37 | ) | 339 |  | 377 |  | (32 | ) | 345 |
Total other intangible assets with finite lives | 16,572 |  | (1,953 | ) | 14,619 |  | 16,153 |  | (1,651 | ) | 14,502 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization (Indefinite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
IPR&D 1 | 100 |  | — |  | 100 |  | 545 |  | — |  | 545 |
Germplasm 3 | 6,265 |  | — |  | 6,265 |  | 6,265 |  | — |  | 6,265 |
Trademarks / trade names | 4,740 |  | — |  | 4,740 |  | 4,741 |  | — |  | 4,741 |
Total other intangible assets | 11,105 |  | — |  | 11,105 |  | 11,551 |  | — |  | 11,551 |
Total | $ | 27,677 |  | $ | (1,953 | ) | $ | 25,724 |  | $ | 27,704 |  | $ | (1,651 | ) | $ | 26,053 |
1. | During the first quarter of 2019, the company announced an expanded launch of its Qrome® corn hybrids following the receipt of regulatory approval from China. As a result, the company reclassified the amounts from indefinite-lived IPR&D to developed technology.
2. | Primarily consists of sales and farmer networks, marketing and manufacturing alliances and noncompetition agreements.
3. | Germplasm is the pool of genetic source material and body of knowledge gained from the development and delivery stage of plant breeding. This intangible asset is expected to contribute to cash flows beyond the foreseeable future and there are no legal, regulatory, contractual, or other factors which limit its useful life.
The aggregate pre-tax amortization expense from continuing operations for definite-lived intangible assets was $320 million and $315 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated aggregate pre-tax amortization expense from continuing operations for the remainder of 2019 and each of the next five years is approximately $1,029 million, $1,270 million, $1,257 million, $1,235 million, $1,120 million and $1,044 million, respectively.

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